This is how many prisoners use drugs in Winson Green prison

Nearly one prisoner in six in HMP Birmingham is on drugs.
Latest Government figures show that 16.5 per cent of prisoners at the Winson Green institution failed random drugs tests last year.
This was a relatively high figure - only 13 prisons out of more than 100 scored worse the HMP Birmingham.
Unsurprisingly the facility received the worst possible ‘1’ rating from the Ministry of Justice for its mandatory drug testing regime score, meaning it was way off its target of 11.3 per cent.
The percentage of prisoners failing drugs tests deteriorated sharply from the year before last in 2015/16,... read more

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